Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The person for the time being holding, or performing the duties of, the office of Secretary of the Department that deals with animal and plant quarantine shall be the Director of Animal and Plant Quarantine.
(2) The Minister may, by writing, appoint Chief Quarantine Officers (Animals) or Chief Quarantine Officers (Plants).
(3) The Director of Animal and Plant Quarantine may, by writing, appoint:
(a) an APS employee; or
(b) a State officer; or
(c) a police officer; or
(ca) a protective service officer; or
(cb) an employee of a body corporate established or continued in existence for a public purpose by or under a Commonwealth law, if the body corporate is prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph;
to be either or both of the following:
(d) a quarantine officer (animals);
(e) a quarantine officer (plants).
(4) A person appointed under subsection (3) must be appointed to a division or divisions of animal quarantine, plant quarantine or both, as the case may be, specified in the instrument of appointment.
(5) A State officer may be appointed to be a Chief Quarantine Officer under this section.